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DeM Banter: Nice piece combining history with the current pol-mil situation. New York Times September 24, 2012 Pg. 23 THE murder of four Americans in Libya and mob assaults on the United States’ embassies across the Muslim world this month have reminded many of 1979, when radical Islamists seized the American mission in Tehran. There, …
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DeM Banter: Wow... such powerful leadership lessons here....a leader with a mission, a vision, a message, and he is getting it out there. Good stuff and he is making Airmen around the world... proud to be Airmen again. Air Force Times October 1, 2012 Pg. 22 Cover story Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III …
View Original / HBR DeM Banter: Welcome to the information or maybe the social age. Geospatial and cultural awareness, obvious in today's day and age...but so tough to train to and assign forces with said skills. There are still many senior leaders that don't understand and frankly don't care about the power of social media. …
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View Original / inc.com DeM Banter: sound like any one/place you know. We mostly hear about what great businesses do well. But there are lessons to be learned from the traits that keep many businesses from reaching their potential. Plenty has been written about the characteristics of highly successful businesses. We think it is worthwhile …
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BLUF: An Very Interesting Historical Note at the suggestion of Colonel Daniel Merry from Mr Mark Howell, 100 ARW Historian. The US Army Air Force (USAAF) began using Mellaha Field, Libya as a base in January 1943. It was used by the 376th Bombardment Group to fly B-24 bomb missions into Italy and Germany. On …
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Something I have believed in since day one... Everyone wants to succeed and everyone wants to contribute. Of course, I should caveat....the difference is the level of motivation and what motivates the individual. While working for a General Officer several years ago...we had a problem with an individual in the squadron. The General looked at …
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Military.com September 20, 2012 DeM Banter: just thinking...there are several lessons here for AF Training here. All very applicable to any form of training...would like to see how they do it... Road trip? FORT BENNING, Ga. – The Ranger Training Brigade here recently overhauled the graded, combat patrol portion of Ranger School to make it …
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View Original / inc.com DeM Banter: really love Jeff Haden's work and his thoughts. Pitch perfect! Great piece...thoughts? Those bosses who inspire, motivate, and make employees feel better about themselves? Here's what they do differently from everyone else. Let's get this out of the way. By "leaders" I'm not referring to the guy who doubles …
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ForeignPolicy.com September 17, 2012 In an exclusive interview with FP, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta sounds off on the U.S. embassy attacks, al Qaeda, and what Americans need to prepare for. In his Pentagon office last Friday evening, a smiling but tired-looking Leon Panetta drank a Sprite on ice and sat for an extensive interview …
View Original Posted : Tuesday Sep 18, 2012 13:43:43 EDT DeM Banter: great stuff...when was the last time we heard senior leaders talk like this? NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is going back to the basics, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III said Tuesday. Speaking at the Air Force Association’s Air and …
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